Central Illinois World War II Stories - Oral History Interview: George Myers of Springfield

George Myers grew up in Hoopeston on a family farm with his widowed mom. He enrolled in the U of I to major in agriculture, thinking he could learn something to make the farm more successful. Myers served on an LST in the Pacific from 1944 to 1946. He didn't get shot at, but he recalls being scared. "I still remember the full moon on the water and how it seemed like we were visible to everybody, but we couldn't see a thing," he said. Myers has been president of the national LST Association. Of the some 100 men on his ship, only about 7 are left.